Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Social Security a 'Ponzi scheme'? Perry, Romney spar

Social Security a 'Ponzi scheme'? Perry, Romney spar


Social Security a 'Ponzi scheme'? Perry, Romney spar

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 07:59 PM PDT

Alongside their six other rivals, newcomer Rick Perry and Mitt Romney clashed over their job creation records and Social Security at a GOP presidential debate.

43 die as hockey team's jet crashes

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:02 PM PDT

The plane was taking players from one of Russia's top hockey teams to Minsk, Belarus. Some of those on board were former NHL players. Two people survived.

NHL feels the loss from plane crash

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 01:58 PM PDT

In the increasingly globalized world of professional hockey, a plane crash Wednesday in Russia caused loss and grief halfway around the world in North America.

Obama jobs package may top $400B

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 04:12 PM PDT

The president will discuss his plan for new infrastructure spending and targeted tax cuts during an address to a joint session of Congress Thursday evening.

Arson suspects sought; wildfires rage

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:43 PM PDT

Wildfires raged across Texas early Wednesday as they have each of the last 295 days, charring nearly 120,000 acres in the last week alone.

Suspect in student nurse's slaying held

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 04:35 PM PDT

Police in California Wednesday arrested a woman they said is suspected of killing a nursing student who was last seen in a hospital parking garage more than three months ago.

Can Richardson get U.S. man freed?

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 03:03 PM PDT

Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is going to Cuba on Wednesday to try to negotiate the release of jailed American contractor Alan Gross, CNN has learned.

91 charged in Medicare fraud case

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 04:13 PM PDT

Four hundred federal agents from coast to coast swooped down on 70 alleged Medicare fraudsters for allegedly ripping off taxpayers of nearly $300 million in phony billings.

Opinion: Black teens defy portrayals

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:35 AM PDT

If you got your ideas about young black people just from the entertainment industry, you'd think they were all players and baby mamas -- and you'd be sorely mistaken.

Opinion: Cutting AmeriCorps a mistake

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 06:49 AM PDT

Soon after taking office, Franklin Roosevelt boldly proposed the Civilian Conservation Corps as a way to create jobs and hope during the Great Depression. Within three months, not only had Congress acted but 250,000 young men were at work in the woods. The country cheered and the CCC went on to become the most popular program of the New Deal.

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